TORE SVENSSON BOWLS AT HANNAH GALLERY - 12 Jun 2020 - 12 Jun 2021
Tore Svensson, born in 1948 in Alfta, Sweden, studied first at the art-school in Gävle and graduated in 1978 at HDK School of Design and Craft, Gothenburg. From 1989 to 1996 he was a lecturer at HDK and afterward he worked as a professor for two years at the Jewellery department. His work includes jewellery and objects and is presented in private and public collections as well as in museums and all over the world. He is a recipient of several awards, among others from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and the Herbert Hofmann Prize.
Making my iron bowls demands much time. I can work on a larger one during a two-month period. Forms are simple and decorations minimal. I persuade myself that my time-consuming work with the hammer creates the bowls’ expressions.
I wish observers shall feel this and perhaps reflect on time: unhurried stillness contrasting with the excessive activity of contemporary life. I regard my bowls as objects for contemplation.
/ Tore Svensson
Making my iron bowls demands much time. I can work on a larger one during a two-month period. Forms are simple and decorations minimal. I persuade myself that my time-consuming work with the hammer creates the bowls’ expressions.
I wish observers shall feel this and perhaps reflect on time: unhurried stillness contrasting with the excessive activity of contemporary life. I regard my bowls as objects for contemplation.
/ Tore Svensson
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Tore Svensson, born in 1948 in Alfta, Sweden, studied first at the art-school in Gävle and graduated in 1978 at HDK School of Design and Craft, Gothenburg. From 1989 to 1996 he was a lecturer at HDK and afterward he worked as a professor for two years at the Jewellery department. His work includes jewellery and objects and is presented in private and public collections as well as in museums and all over the world. He is a recipient of several awards, among others from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and the Herbert Hofmann Prize.
Making my iron bowls demands much time. I can work on a larger one during a two-month period. Forms are simple and decorations minimal. I persuade myself that my time-consuming work with the hammer creates the bowls’ expressions.
I wish observers shall feel this and perhaps reflect on time: unhurried stillness contrasting with the excessive activity of contemporary life. I regard my bowls as objects for contemplation.
/ Tore Svensson
Making my iron bowls demands much time. I can work on a larger one during a two-month period. Forms are simple and decorations minimal. I persuade myself that my time-consuming work with the hammer creates the bowls’ expressions.
I wish observers shall feel this and perhaps reflect on time: unhurried stillness contrasting with the excessive activity of contemporary life. I regard my bowls as objects for contemplation.
/ Tore Svensson
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